Promoter Eddie Hearn is to lobby the WBO in order to have Smith immediately installed as mandatory challenger for Abraham’s title but will also open talks with counterpart Kalle Sauerland over the possibility of a return fight before Christmas.

The governing body are to launch their own probe into the scoring of the three ringside judges and are awaiting for the findings of their official who was at the fight at Sparkassen Arena.

The WBO tweeted today: “The #WBO is waiting to receive the assigned supervisor’s report and replaying the fight before giving an opinion on #AbrahamSmith.”

Smith’s trainer Joe Gallagher has called for one judge, Spain’s Fernando Laguna, to be made to explain his 119-109 scorecard and he believes there are grounds for a rematch to be made.

He told the ECHO: “The four or five million viewers watching it on German TV will have been glued to their TV sets.

“It was a great fight. Everyone agrees that it wasn’t the right scorecard and so there’s enough to say that Paul Smith warrants another shot at Abraham in December.

“It’s a great TV fight.”

“I knew it was going to be a good Arthur Abraham,” Gallagher added.

“I told everyone that he would start fast and he did do. He said before that it was the best he’s boxed in a long time so Paul didn’t box a bad Abraham in there.

“Paul boxed out of his skin.

“There was a lot of stick from people saying Paul didn’t deserve the shot.

“But it is what is put before them.

“Look, I had Matthew Macklin on the bill on Saturday as well and he fought a kid in an eight rounder.

“He didn’t have his eye on the ball but come the big fight in Dublin he’ll be right on it.

“Paul always had that type of performance in him it just needed to be dragged out of him and Arthur Abraham dragged it out of him.

“Abraham said that was the best he’d fought for a few years and that is a huge compliment for Paul.

“He rolled back the years.

“I was very proud of him and it is so annoying when you do everything right and you get nothing.”